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Contra flows on to Live Arcade

Xbox Live Arcade has been given a further boost to its catalogue of classic Arcade titles today, with the announcement of 12 new titles all due for release on to the in the coming months, including Contra and Tempest.

Konami's Contra is available for download immediately from the Xbox Live Arcade for a cost of 400 points, and features gameplay set across eight levels, all of which will allow for Xbox Live multiplayer and fully tracked achievements and worldwide leaderboards to see how you stack up against other gamers.

Further titles coming to the Live Arcade over the next few months will include Centipede/Millipede, Asteroids Deluxe with updated high definition graphics, Missile Command, Warlords, and a totally overhauled and evolved version of the stunning Tempest by Jeff Minter.

Also on the release schedule between now and Christmas are the highly promising brawl-fest Small Arms by Gastronaut Studios, futuristic racer Novadrome, Assault Heroes, Heavy Weapon, and a revamped version of Midway's classic space combat title Defender. Looks like it could be time to buy some more Microsoft points and clear some space on that hard drive!

Gamers made aware of memory importance

The amount of memory in your computer could be crucial to enjoyment of the latest games titles, which can benefit from new high-performance Ballistix RAM.

It's suggested that most PC owners could at least double their computers memory, in many cases giving even old PC's a new lease of life or new powerful PC's their true full potential. Find out here how much and which RAM your computer needs.

Speed boost for British gamers

Internet service providers across the UK have been increasing connection speeds rapidly over the past few months, with new higher speed 8Mbps products from BT Total Broadband and other major ADSL providers.

The new faster speeds are already being offered in some parts of the country, where operator UK Online are providing a Home 22Mbps service over selected BT telephone lines in major urban areas.

Meanwhile gamers living in Telewest and NTL cabled areas can now receive up to 10Mbps download speeds on the top consumer package.